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Ubisoft shares jump following reports of Tencent, Guillemot family considering buyout
By Sarah Parvini, The Associated Press on October 4th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Shares of Ubisoft jumped more than 30% Friday, following reports that Tencent and the Guillemot family are considering a buyout of the video game maker. Bloomberg news reported that Tencent and Guillemot family – minority stakeholders in Ubisoft – have been discussing ways to stabilize the company after it lost more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s what the jury didn’t hear in Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial
By Marie-Danielle Smith, The Canadian Press on October 4th, 2024
A northeastern Ontario jury has started deliberating in Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial. Jurors heard the complainant’s emotional account of her encounter with Hoggard eight years ago in Kirkland Lake, Ont., and her allegations that he raped, choked, slapped and urinated on her. They heard Hoggard’s own dramatically different account of what he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury begins deliberations in Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial
By The Canadian Press on October 4th, 2024
HAILEYBURY, Ont. – Jurors have begun their deliberations in the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard. Hoggard, 40, has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in an incident alleged to have taken place on June 25, 2016 in Kirkland Lake, Ont. Both the Crown and defence agree that a sexual encounter took place ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jurors in trial of Salman Rushdie’s attacker likely won’t hear about his motive
By Carolyn Thompson, The Associated Press on October 4th, 2024
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) – Jurors picked for the trial of a man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack likely won’t hear about the fatwa that authorities have said motivated him to act, a prosecutor said Friday. “We’re not going there,” District Attorney Jason Schmidt said during a conference in preparation for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada announces funding for African countries, scientific research at Francophonie
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on October 4th, 2024
PARIS – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to announce funding to support French-speaking African countries and initiatives to promote the French language in the Francophonie. Trudeau is expected to announce the funding Saturday as he wraps up a visit to France for the Francophonie summit. The federal government will direct $16 million to support ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Q&A: RZA on the nostalgic origins of his first classical album, ‘A Ballet Through Mud’
By Ryan Pearson, The Associated Press on October 4th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – RZA’s hoarding habit led to his newest adventure in music: a ballet and surprisingly traditional classical album he calls “A Ballet Through Mud.” Early in the pandemic, the 55-year-old Wu-Tang Clan founder, born Robert Diggs, was rummaging through a bag of old spiral notebooks he found in his library. He pulled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge gives final instructions to jury in Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial
By The Canadian Press on October 4th, 2024
HAILEYBURY, Ont. – The judge overseeing the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard has begun delivering his final instructions to a northeastern Ontario jury today. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robin Tremblay is laying out the legal principles jurors must apply as they consider the evidence heard in the nearly two-week trial. Jurors are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Civilization 7 makers work with Shawnee to bring sincere representation of the tribe to the game
By Graham Lee Brewer And Matt O'brien, The Associated Press on October 4th, 2024
MIAMI, Okla. (AP) – Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes grew up playing video games, including “probably hundreds of hours” colonizing a distant planet in the 1999 title Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri. So when that same game studio, Firaxis, approached the tribal nation a quarter-century later with a proposal to make a playable character out of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge set to give final instructions to jury in Jacob Hoggard sex assault trial
By The Canadian Press on October 4th, 2024
HAILEYBURY, Ont. – The judge overseeing the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is expected to begin delivering his final instructions to a northeastern Ontario jury today. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robin Tremblay will lay out the legal principles jurors must apply as they consider the evidence heard in the nearly two-week trial. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘The Lion King’ retraces circle of life with launch of new Toronto production
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on October 4th, 2024
TORONTO – Ottawa stage actress Camille Eanga-Selenge says her love of “The Lion King” developed years before she landed the role of Nala in the upcoming Toronto stage production. She says it started with the 1994 Disney film and carried through her first trip to New York where she saw the stage musical in all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!International fiesta fills New Mexico’s sky with colorful hot air balloons
By Susan Montoya Bryan, The Associated Press on October 3rd, 2024
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – One of the most photographed events in the world is set to kick off Saturday with a mass ascension of color for the 52nd annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. The nine-day gathering draws hundreds of thousands of spectators and pilots to New Mexico each fall for the rare opportunity to be ... Read More »
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